Ukrainian authorities and their allies reported campaigning for broad support amid a scheduled U.N. General Assembly meeting to be held Wednesday and will witness a vote on a resolution calling for “just and lasting peace” in Eastern Europe.
Jill Biden will be traveling to southern and eastern Africa, her office announced Tuesday, on five-day trip to strengthen partnerships on the continent.
UPDATED WITH RUSSIA FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said Russia's decision to suspend a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Washington was "deeply unfortunate and irresponsible", but that the US was willing to talk about the issue.
UPDATED AGAIN TO INCLUDE NATO, KYIV REACTIONS: President Vladimir Putin, in making his speech marking a year since his attack on Ukraine, vowed Tuesday to continue that war and accused the U.S.-led NATO alliance of fanning the flames of the conflict in the mistaken belief that it could defeat Moscow in a global confrontation.
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reports fighting fake news and disinformation which the electoral body said is focused on undermining the integrity of the Feb. 25 elections.
Technology experts argue that Zimbabwe's attempts to build a $60 billion ‘cyber city’ will be unsuccessful and stress over plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to put surveillance systems at its heart.
Authorities in Botswana Monday reported that the southern African nation experienced a huge spike in rhino poaching over the past five years which accounts for a third of the population of the endangered animal.
Sierra Leone’s main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) Monday named former foreign minister and 2018 presidential candidate Samura Kamara as their candidate to challenge President Julius Maada Bio in the June 24 elections.
A 6.3 -6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded Monday in Turkey's southern province of Hatay, the area hardest hit by a February 6 tremor which left more than 41,000 dead in the country, the disaster response agency AFAD said.
Meta Platforms on Sunday announced that it is testing a monthly subscription service, called Meta Verified, which will let users verify their accounts using a government ID and get a blue badge, as it looks to help content creators grow and build communities.
Ghanaian authorities confirmed that the remains of Christian Atsu, a Black Stars representative who died under a collapsed building in southern Turkey, returned to the West African nation on Sunday.
A recent poll conducted by Nigerian civil society group the Anap Foundation found that approximately 82% of youth under the age of 35 in the West African nation said they will be casting their ballots in Saturday’s presidential election.
UPDATED TO SHOW STORM'S EFFECTS ARRIVING: Mauritius cancelled flights and closed its stock exchange Monday as an intense tropical cyclone approached the Indian Ocean island nation, bringing rainfall and gusty winds with it.
Nations resume discussions Monday, February 20, in a push to finalize an international agreement on protecting and sustaining the Earth's oceans and waters.
Jimmy Carter, the 98-year-old former US president who led the nation from 1977 to 1981, is receiving hospice care at home, where he will spend his "remaining time," his nonprofit foundation said Saturday.
He’d been scheduled to leave Turkey just hours before the quake
Fans of South African multiple award-winning rapper Kiernan Forbes, known as AKA, bid farewell to the late rap star Friday at a memorial held at the Sandton Convention Center in the Johannesburg suburb.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) revealed that three notable Nigerian musicians will be performing at the halftime show of the 72nd NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, Utah on Feb. 19.
Rescuers have pulled more survivors from the debris of the Feb. 6 earthquake that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria even as the window for finding people alive is closing fast and the death toll surpassed 40,000.
The U.N. refugee agency said Friday the organization and its partners are seeking $605 million to assist Congolese refugees across Africa, as security worsens in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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